Production Supervisor - Fabrication

General Information:

Hitachi Energy is seeking for a Production Supervisor - Fabrication for its South Boston, VA Location.

Your Responsibilities:

• Resource Allocation: Organizes and allocates resources to effectively and efficiently meet line production targets. Responds to resource issues as necessary. Leads capacity planning and resource optimization for the assigned unit or line.
• Production Scheduling and Plan: Ensures that production scheduling and production plan meets the volume requirements agreed in the demand plan and defined inventory service levels.
• Equipment and Facilities: Identifies and recommends technical equipment and facility improvements as necessary.
• Production Execution: Ensures execution of volume, conforming product, and on-time delivery targets for the assigned production lines.
• Operations Improvement: Identifies deficiencies in production area, proposes improvement activities and oversees implementation of actions to improve production performance.
• Critical Line Issues: Manages the resolution of critical product or equipment issues together with relevant internal teams.
• People Leadership and Development: Ensures (with HR Manager support) that the areas of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guides, motivates and develops direct and indirect subordinates within HR policies.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business or related field
• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States
• 2-5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment; a candidate with more experience may be considered
• Leadership experience in a transformer manufacturing environment
• Experience in transformer coil winding
• Knowledge in MS Office, including Power Point
• Exposure to ERP and Workforce Management software applications i.e. SAP, etc.
• Excellent communication skills (written & verbal)
• Experience with timekeeping systems, i.e. Kronos